Convertible vehicle-body construction.



T11. EISIIEIT. CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE BOOI/ CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZI. 1915. K N Patented GOT. 9,19Ir.

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51M (f. wif/U ,OTTO/THEY 11. FISHER. CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE' BODYCONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATIGN FILED .IUI.Y 21,1915.

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JqTTOFP/EEY .F. I. FISHER. CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE BODY CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED IULYZI, I9I5 I Patented Ot. 9,1917.

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APPLICATION FILED IULY 2'1. 1915.

Patented 001.5. 9, 1917.

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I. L'FISHEII, I CNJERTIBLBVEHICLE BODY QONSTRUCTON.

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narran srarns FRED J'. FISHER, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

ASSIGNOR T0 FISHER BODY COBPORATTON,

A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

CONVERTIBLE lVIEHXGLE]-BIY CONSTRUCTION. l

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known t at I, FRED,J. Fisi-inn, a citizen of the Uni ed States,residing Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertaii'inew and useful Improvement in Conver ible Vehicle BodyConstructions, and declare the following to be a full, clear, andeXacitvdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled` irsthe art to which it pertains to niakeanduse the same, reference beinghad to ythe accompanying drawings, this specification. y 4 l Thisinvention relates to convertible automobile bodies, th'at is to say,automobile bodies which may be convertedfrom the limousine or closedtype toan open type body. It has for its object such a convertible bodyso constructed that it more near-ly approaches in appearance a truelimousine body when the top is on, while when the top is oli it has allthe appearance of an ordinary open body.

This object is accomplished by constructing the top in appropriatesections which fit together to make the same.

In the drawings, y

Figure 1, is a side elevation.

Fig-2, is a rear elevation.

Fig. 3, is a Jfront elevation with a small portion broken away to showone of the fastening devices.

Fig. 4, is a side elevation showing the parts dis-assembled but ready tobe put into their various positions.

Fig. 5, is an inside view of the-roof section.

Fig. 6,is a perspective of the back section viewed from the inside.

Fig. 7 is a perspective of the .front section with a portion of theskirt omitted.

Fig. 8, is an inside elevation of the door and door section. f

Fig. 9, is a vertical section 'of the same.

Fig.v 10, is a perspective of the door post.

Fig. 11,y is a. perspective of the fastening device which goes on theroof secpion.

Fig. 12, is a perspective of the fastening device that vgoes on the sidesection on which it is adapted to interlock with? ythe fastening deviceof Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent. v 3 Application filed .Tuly 21,

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1915. Serial N0. 41,036.

Fig. 13, is a vertical section through one side of thebody and top.

Fig. 14, is a vertical section through the front of the body 'and top. y

The so-called convertible bodies that have been in use, or at least mostof them, have `been failures because of their appearance.

rIVhey have a decidedly cheap appearance and are very clearly detectedby the most Acasual observer. The object of the present invention is toavoid this and make a limouv sine top which can be taken oil' and yet at.the saine time has all the appearance offa regular limousine or otherclosed body. To this end the body portion proper, that is the portionwhich forms the open body when the top is removed, is constructed asshown in the lower portion of Fig'. 4. Along the top or trimming rail ofthe body anumber of metal screw-sockets a are provided. These areadapted to receive theheavy screws (Fig. 13). By these the varioussections which make up the vertical part of the sides and back of thebody are held in place. This will be apparent by examining Fig. l andFig. 2. The rear door section o (Fig. 4) and the front door section al(Fig. 4) are each provided with a meta-l strip e by which the doorsection of the top may be screwed to the Vdoor proper (sec Fig. 8). Eachdoor is provided ,with an ordinary handle f which on the inside isprovided with a slotted arni g (Fig. 8). rlhrough the slot in the end ofthis arm the handle of the ordinary' latch arm 7L of an open body isadapted to protrude; consequently the handle on the closed. body veryneatly` and easily connects with the handle on the open body.

Of course, in this detachable top construction itis not feasible to havewindow weils to allow the windows to be lowered for ventilation. Inplace of this, the windows in the doors are made of' two slabs of glass(see Fig. 9). These windows are what are known as the sashless variety,that is to say, the upper edges have no sash which interferes with thevision. The upper sash may be dropped with respect to the lower sash bvreleasing the knob z' from the top perforation in the metal strap j, andheld in desired position by means of other perpossmg .j

on which o om moy won@ Jinooo of ao open body portion, a 'iop pol*- gioimode up of o, plomty oi?? soctoos which.

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3. En convenblo vehicle body, the comolnmvoo of open boy porioo povdocWtz. o 'i mi?. having s upper' poioo rofoooo Lm. o omsss and povded withhori 90 @uomini screw Sookeo, top portion having the Mofo? mi?. of'v'oducod thclmeso at 'ss: bo''om io itova? #he roouco. top of the trim udhoroby to bring the vertical Walls. of the @30p and botom portion. insubstan- 95 toy. the somo plano, and screws foi* living rough 'theoduooo potioo o Khe botom 1M o oop imo :ao screw Sookotsof the 1L. 'ovooo.fomboo vohoe body, the oom- MBU n an open body portione o, toppor'- too owing o from; :ooon Sooumble to the oow of sho open bodyportion and oootod oomo'wm'f so @ho'em' of the real of 'ibo oow,

foon@ oocoo boing provide Wih o 105 :3i-ir@ ocopfs o oxood ove? thespace botwooio #ho oot Sec'xion an@ the' cowl omi om? nho ooso of 'zhocowl to oeil: os o Water-SMS; and o joint oonceoler.

5. En o ooovortbo which Tooy, di@ com 116 goim'einon' o? on opon "ooyportion, o *nop 'poraioo 'having' a from; section ocoe ino ibo 'foar ofFoo aaa-"f @ge of the cow, opodo@ ooow-'e oos seemed the lov/o1 mi?. of

front socgion and extending owazoi V15 thoifoom, said oots boing odop.to poso hrough. openings in the 'open body from@ the :ceoedgo of tho'cov and secured by nuts mm on. 'the lower enfof the bolts, an@ a ss'f'p'iojeoting forwofly fxom the lower of the iront section and or'mng'oisoA oo vor hogap loft between the front secio2 an@ *tino cow and aso to:1ct as a wat@ shoc and oin; ooocoaor. l

o. lo a convoiftbo which oody, to@ com- 125 oa-ation on open bodyportion, a top *poiltion Towing 2. from; sooizioo, soocio oofzs hav'projecting angularly forward and having screwdike lower ends, saidshank-like portions adapted to extend through openings in the frame ofthe. open body portion and V secured thereto by nuts, and whereby thefront section may be located to the rear of the frame of the open bodyportion, and a skirt adapted to entend over said Speciali bolts and awater-shed In testiin cation.

FRED J1 FISHER.

